نخبة

Arabic

Root
ن خ ب (n ḵ b)
6 terms

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ن خ ب (n ḵ b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nux.ba/

Noun

نُخْبَة • (nuḵba) f (plural نُخَب (nuḵab))

1. elite, cream, the best part

Declension

Declension of noun نُخْبَة (nuḵba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُخْبَة nuḵba	النُّخْبَة an-nuḵba	نُخْبَة nuḵbat
Nominative	نُخْبَةٌ nuḵbatun	النُّخْبَةُ an-nuḵbatu	نُخْبَةُ nuḵbatu
Accusative	نُخْبَةً nuḵbatan	النُّخْبَةَ an-nuḵbata	نُخْبَةَ nuḵbata
Genitive	نُخْبَةٍ nuḵbatin	النُّخْبَةِ an-nuḵbati	نُخْبَةِ nuḵbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُخْبَتَيْن nuḵbatayn	النُّخْبَتَيْن an-nuḵbatayn	نُخْبَتَيْ nuḵbatay
Nominative	نُخْبَتَانِ nuḵbatāni	النُّخْبَتَانِ an-nuḵbatāni	نُخْبَتَا nuḵbatā
Accusative	نُخْبَتَيْنِ nuḵbatayni	النُّخْبَتَيْنِ an-nuḵbatayni	نُخْبَتَيْ nuḵbatay
Genitive	نُخْبَتَيْنِ nuḵbatayni	النُّخْبَتَيْنِ an-nuḵbatayni	نُخْبَتَيْ nuḵbatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُخَب nuḵab	النُّخَب an-nuḵab	نُخَب nuḵab
Nominative	نُخَبٌ nuḵabun	النُّخَبُ an-nuḵabu	نُخَبُ nuḵabu
Accusative	نُخَبًا nuḵaban	النُّخَبَ an-nuḵaba	نُخَبَ nuḵaba
Genitive	نُخَبٍ nuḵabin	النُّخَبِ an-nuḵabi	نُخَبِ nuḵabi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nüxbə
• → Persian: نخبه (noxbe)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نخبه (nuhbe)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نخب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نخبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 1108